Mega-developers
The engine that drives Lee County's economy is real estate. And no one has a bigger impact on what that real estate looks like than the mega-developers. They're the dreamers, the men and women who take huge risks bringing a product to market that may or may not sell. After all, markets change, tastes change and the economy changes. Full Story
Rauschenberg donates $100,000 to AIDS clinic
Fort Myers facility to change name to honor artist
Artist Bob Rauschenberg is sitting on Captiva Island, and Dr. Bob Schwartz is sitting in central Fort Myers. Rauschenberg is arguably the world's most renowned living artist, and Schwartz is arguably the state's most determined AIDS doctor, as director of the AIDS Treatment Center. Full Story
Embarq sells high speed Internet service, keeps security tight
From Embarq general sales manager Patricia Bell's fifth-floor office in downtown Fort Myers, she can see the torn-up city street below, and the Embarq-owned manhole covers on it. Below those, "underground conduits" transport information to and fro across the web for this communication company's premier product: broadband Internet service. Full Story
Recycling mandatory for businesses
New law takes affect Jan.1
The Lee County Solid Waste Division is holding the first workshop on the requirements of the newly adopted mandatory business recycling ordinance for property managers, business owners, and/or those individuals responsible for the garbage collection. The new law takes effect Jan. Full Story
Almost, Maine
Magic realism and romance lights up Florida Rep's latest production
John Cariani's a New York actor. He lives in New York, he works in New York. He's performed in the ultimate New York theatrical venue: Broadway. (He did so well, he received a Tony nomination for his role as Motel in "Fiddler on the Roof.") He's done Shakespeare in the Park in Central Park, performing in Kathleen Marshall's "Two Gentleman of Verona. Full Story
Documentary chronicles aviation in SW Florida
WCGU's "Untold Stories" series is a glimpse into Southwest Florida's history
Some of aviation's greatest achievements have ties to Southwest Florida. Know what they are? Well, you'll have to tune in to WGCU TV Friday, Nov. 30 at 8:30 p.m. for "Barnstormers to Blue Angels," the documentary's writer and producer won't tell. Full Story
Stout's vision becoming reality in Cape Coral
When it comes to vision, Realmark Group's Will Stout usually gets credit for seeing what Cape Coral's future could be. After retiring from 30 years in the real-estate business in Atlanta, Stout rested for about 90 days before he saw the potential for a marina community with a downtown of its own in Cape Coral. Full Story
SYD KITSON
The man behind the new Babcock Ranch
Syd Kitson is a man who owns 17,000 acres of fun, surrounded by two great circles of obligation at Babcock Ranch, the fatted calf of a public-private enterprise lying along the Lee-Charlotte County border. One circle is geographic - nearly 74,000 acres of wilderness and wetland owned for the last 18 months by the public. Full Story
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